Virginia "Bunny" Chase, 91

SOUTH YARMOUTH — Virginia "Bunny" (Clarke) Chase, 91, passed away after a short illness on April 27, 2010.

SOUTH YARMOUTH — Virginia "Bunny" (Clarke) Chase, 91, passed away after a short illness on April 27, 2010.

Bunny was born in Portsmouth, N.H., in 1918 to Ruth (Mugridge) Clarke and Melvin Clarke. She graduated from Needham Highland High School and LaSalle College respectively. Bunny summered on Cape Cod for many years where she met and married Lysander "Dick" Amos Chase (deceased). She was employed by Eastern Airlines for several years, worked in many local restaurants and owned and operated her own yarn shop, Yards n' Yarmouth. Bunny returned to school at age 70 to become a manicurist and was employed by the Yarmouth Senior Center.

Bunny was a loving mother, proud grandmother and a friend to everyone. She enjoyed spending time with her family, socializing with her friends, drinking martinis and cruising the Caribbean Islands with her daughters. Bunny was the mother of three daughters; Judie (Chase) Allen and her husband Bob Allen of Hollywood, Fla., Ginny Chase of South Yarmouth and her late daughter, Margery (Chase) Homer and her husband Brian Homer of West Yarmouth.